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About
As a musician I have performed with Rhianna, Lionel Richie, Ricky Martin, Chris Brown, Kimbra and Vernon Reid (Living Colour).
I recently completed an online drumming course you can check out here.
https://www.lessonface.com/apply/how-play-drums/
I have taught piano for years and have recorded music for television and commercials. Many students come to me for help with music theory for exams. Especially learning how to read music and understand chord charts.
I was ranked one of the 'Top 20 Millinium players' by 'Drumscene magazine.
I have appreared in 'Modern Drummer' (U.S.A), Rhythm (U.K), Percussion (Italy) and 'Newsbeat (Canada) magaizes.
One of my biggest acheivements was performing with Australia's number 1 artist Vanessa Amorossi at the 'Grand Final' in front of 100,000 people. Also sharing the bill with 'Men at Work' and 'INXS'.
I have taught drums for over 20 years! My style is relaxed and I can quickly identify how a student learns. I have taught students with Autism, ADHD and Asperger.
I have taught at high schools throughout Australia for over 2 decades. I have given drum clinics for the 'Roland' corporation, Sabian cymbals, Tama drums and Vic Firth sticks.
Many students want me to teach them their favourite songs on the piano which I can do in a few lessons.
I pride myself on being a great communicator and being able to teach what's inside my head to students of all ages and all levels quickly.
I can teach someone who has never played drums before a basic beat in their first 30 minute lesson.
I was called 'one of Australia's best' by the Roland corporation in one of their print ads. I also released an instructional drumming DVD called 'Unique Beats' where I played drums, electronics and Indian hand percussion called tablas. Drumming legends Jo Jo Mayer, Cindy Blackman, Jonathon 'Sugarfoot' Moffet and John Blackwell all said really positive things about my DVD.
I teach beginners to professionals. I cover hand and foot technique, timing, reading music and how to make a beat really 'groove'.
I also like to teach 'transcribing', where we listen to a song and work out the beats.
For the piano I like to cover reading the treble clef and identifying chords in the first few lessons.
I believe there are several fundamentals to learning music weather you play rock, funk, pop, hip hop or jazz.